Into The Afternoon
I got home after having my breakfast and stopping at the butchers for some beef for a roast dinner, and also stopping at the bakers to get some crusty bowls to go with some fresh ham that I picked up at the butchers too.
After I got home, I got some laundry put on, and then I sat down and got on with starting to build this new website for your party. I got the domain purchased and the DNS propagating, and after you started to build the site using WordPress, which will be easy for other people to use, we will work all around. After that, I got dinner cooking and was waiting for my wife to come home from work
Out In The Morning Sunshine
I got up with Kathy and went to Richmond with her. Went to Dharma for coffee and breakfast, but no breakfast until nine!
I had coffee and then, after she went into work, I walked over the bridge, taking a few photographs on the way.
I dropped into Café Nova Bistro for breakfast. They do excellent Eggs Royale (or Benedict).
It’s a good morning for some walking in the sunshine.
Funny thing, playing in the café as I write this is Wali g On Sunshine by Katrina And The Waves!
Coffee O’Clock
It’s one of the very few highlights of my working day. I get a freshly brewed Americano from my favourite coffee shop near my workplace.
The best highlight of all is going home of course!
Sunny Saturday
It started off very pleasant this morning once the sun came up had some sunshine and although it’s not particularly warm, the temperature is only around about 52. It’s quite pleasant. However, having said all that it’s now clouded over the wind’s got up a bit, but it’s beginning to look a bit unpleasant and let’s hope it doesn’t rain.
This Evening’s Listening
Waldeck.
An Austrian. Been recording over 30 years. Interesting stuff for sure. Go search him out on your favourite stream
#music
Roon Ready Issues with Denon
I’ve got a Denon AVR S670H. I cannot get any ‘Roon Ready’ option to come up in setup and the Receiver is telling me that the firmware is up to date. It works via AirPlay, but then it’s not bit-perfect!!
#audio #hi-fi
When Disaster Struck
Today is the 59th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster when 144 people, 116 of them children, lost their lives when the village was buried by a slag heap from a coal mine.
The Dreaded MRI
To check up on my Crohn’s Disease, I am sent for an MRI every year or so. I know it’s good to get checked but I hate it. I have to drink a litre of some foul-tasting liquid first. It’s full of artificial sweetener of some kind, none of which I can abide. Then I have to lie face down on the MRI bed contraption, with my arms stretched out above my head. I have rheumatoid arthritis in my shoulders, which makes it worse, and then I have to lie still for thirty minutes while the equipment and the operator do their thing. By the time I’m done they haveto help me off the bed, as I cannot move my arms!
I would rather have a colonoscopy. Yep. I said it, I meant it.
#medical
Brooklands
Today was Transport Fest at Brooklands, where the London Bus Museum is situated. The weather was a bit crap but I got a good batch of photographs
Time For A Cuppa
I’m a coffeholic but even I have limits. I’ve had five large Americanos so far today, so on my break, I opted for a cup of tea to go with a slice of carrot cake.
This Morning's Listening
Poking around in the rabbit hole that is Roon, I found a new album from Tame Impala, an Australian band. Deadbeat is the title, and it’s definitely worth a listen. It’s available on Tidal, Qobuz, and probably other streaming services too.
#music #roon #tidal #qobuz